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(Undated) -- Eating peanuts might lower your chances of dying from a heart attack. That's according to a new study by Vanderbilt University and the Shanghai Cancer Institute. It showed that eating peanuts was associated with fewer deaths among all races, especially from heart disease. Researchers say it's an important finding for improving cardiovascular health…

(Undated) -- Target is going after younger food shoppers. The "Wall Street Journal" says the retailer is shifting its food focus to groceries that attract young shoppers, urban dwellers and Hispanics. According to the "Journal," Target is moving toward being less reliant on processed foods that are out of favor with consumers. The shift would…

(Boston, MA) -- For the first time, scientists are scanning the brains of healthy people for signs of a protein that is linked to the early stages of Alzheimer's. A new clinical trial conducted by researchers at Harvard is designed to identify and treat patients of the disease before memory loss begins. The researchers are…

(Undated) -- More than 60 percent of Americans have shown symptoms of insomnia, according to a new survey conducted by pharmaceutical company Pernix. While many suffer from signs of the condition, only 20 percent say they believe themselves to be insomniacs and only twelve percent have been diagnosed by a doctor. Overall, more than half…

(Chapel Hill, NC) -- Teenagers have no trouble buying e-cigarettes online. A new study published in the "JAMA Pediatrics" journal say teenagers can buy e-cigarettes on the Internet about 94-percent of the time. The study by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill showed that online retailers rejected only five of nearly a hundred e-cigarette purchases…